Global existence and lifespan for semilinear wave equations with mixed nonlinear terms (Q2420517)

One starts with the investigation of solvability and blow up of solutions to the following Cauchy problem with small initial data for the semilinear wave equation \[ \Box u=|\partial _tu|^p+|u|1^q, (u,\partial_tu)|_{t=0}=\epsilon(f(x),g(x)),\text{ for }p>1, q>1, x\in \mathbb{R}^n. \] In three dimensions, if \(q\) equals the Strauss critical power \(q=q_c(3)\) and \(p\geq q\), sufficient conditions for the existence of a unique solutions are shown and an estimate for the lifespan is computed. In two-dimensional space and for \(q=q_c(2)\), \(p\geq q\), a similar existence result for small data is proved. In this case a light improvement of the lower bound for the lifespan is obtained. The study concentrates further to an initial value problem with small data for a system of semilinear wave equations: \(\Box u=|v|^q\), \(\Box v=|\partial _tu|^p\) \(u,\partial_tu)|_{t=0}=\epsilon(f(x),g(x))\), \((v,\partial_tv)|_{t=0}=\epsilon(\tilde{f}(x),\tilde{g}(x))\). In the three-dimensional space sufficient conditions for the existence of a global solution are proved. Conditions for nonexistence of global weak solutions are shown.